Crc Press imprint: 4124 books
by L. C. Jain
Language: English
Release Date: May 4, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: May 4, 2018
Neural networks represent a new generation of information processing paradigms designed to mimic-in a very limited sense-the human brain. They can learn, recall, and generalize from training data, and with their potential applications limited only by the imaginations of scientists and engineers, they...
Wax Deposition
Experimental Characterizations, Theoretical Modeling, and Field Practices
Language: English
Release Date: March 9, 2016
Wax Deposition: Experimental Characterizations, Theoretical Modeling, and Field Practices covers the entire spectrum of knowledge on wax deposition. The book delivers a detailed description of the thermodynamic and transport theories for wax deposition modeling as well as a comprehensive review of laboratory testing for the establishment of appropr
Organizational Risk Management and Sustainability
A Practical Step-by-Step Guide
Language: English
Release Date: May 12, 2017
This book offers a practical and reliable approach to how an organization can move beyond all of the separate initiatives and hype associated with sustainability. It shows how to build in what is already in place, in order to create a sense of stewardship that protects the environment, creates a sense of social well-being, and shared value within the organization.
ISO 9001
2015 - A Complete Guide to Quality Management Systems
Language: English
Release Date: February 17, 2017
What is risk based thinking? Do you know how to address risks and opportunities? Did you ever analyzed risks? Are you sure it is that what the ISO 9001 expects? What do you really know about knowledge management? Can you identify the types of knowledge in your organization? How do you maintain knowledge?...
by Thomas D Schneid
Language: English
Release Date: September 25, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: September 25, 2015
In today's rapidly changing workplace, safety and loss prevention professionals cannot always "go by the book" for the answers to new and unique problems and issues. When there is no tried-and-true solution to a problem, safety and loss prevention professionals must think outside of the box of conventional solutions and develop new and creative sol
Lean Implementation
Applications and Hidden Costs
Language: English
Release Date: April 7, 2017
This book will address key organizational issues that must be considered and addressed when implementing Lean business practices. The book offers solutions for many of the challenges, provides a resource that leaders can use in addressing cultural and regulatory issues, provides means to address the...
Fundamentals of User-Centered Design
A Practical Approach
Language: English
Release Date: August 25, 2017
There has been some solid work done in the area of User-Centered Design (UCD) over the last few years. What’s been missing is an in-depth, comprehensive textbook that connects UCD to usability and User Experience (UX) principles and practices. This new textbook discusses a theoretical framework...
Medical Leadership
The key to medical engagement and effective organisations, Second Edition
Language: English
Release Date: July 6, 2017
This title is a comprehensive account of the key aspects of medical leadership. A highly accessible, text book-style resource, it explores how the medical profession has evolved in tandem with administrative and structural aspects of the NHS. Assuming leadership roles at all stages of their training...
A Six Sigma Approach to Sustainability
Continual Improvement for Social Responsibility
Language: English
Release Date: February 22, 2016
In an age when most business plans extend only to the next quarterly reporting period, the authors of this book propose an audaciously longer view of future planning. Reaching beyond the modern five or ten-year strategic plan, the authors take a cue from Kongo Gumi, a Japanese construction company launched in 578 AD that managed to thrive as a fami
Smart Grids
Advanced Technologies and Solutions, Second Edition
Language: English
Release Date: November 22, 2017
The latest edition features a new chapter on implementation and operation of an integrated smart grid with updates to multiple chapters throughout the text. New sections on Internet of things, and how they relate to smart grids and smart cities, have also been added to the book. It describes the impetus...
Technological Challenges and Management
Matching Human and Business Needs
Language: English
Release Date: February 22, 2016
Today's organizations find themselves in a race to adopt new technologies in order to keep up with their competition. However, two questions must be answered: Are these organizations ready for new technological advancements, and are these new technologies appropriate for every organization? Technological Challenges and Management: Matching Human an
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Language: English
Release Date: December 19, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: December 19, 2017
The use of electric power substations in generation, transmission, and distribution remains one of the most challenging and exciting areas of electric power engineering. Recent technological developments have had a tremendous impact on all aspects of substation design and operation. With 80% of its...
by Valery Rudnev, Don Loveless, Raymond L. Cook
Language: English
Release Date: July 14, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: July 14, 2017
The second edition of the Handbook of Induction Heating reflects the number of substantial advances that have taken place over the last decade in theory, computer modeling, semi-conductor power supplies, and process technology of induction heating and induction heat treating. This edition continues...
Safety Culture and High-Risk Environments
A Leadership Perspective
Language: English
Release Date: September 18, 2017
This book provides leaders in high risk industries a better understanding of how their values and behaviors can influence the organization's safety culture and improve its capacity to bounce back from failure. Examples are illustrated through case studies and practical tools are provided to evaluate...